What will be shown here, from first principles and using basic physics, is that squatting with a more horizontal back, as described by the Starting Strength ...

If you’re looking to improve mobility, enhance performance, and foster a healthy mind-body connection, it may be time to take your workouts back to the ...

When I was growing up, there used to be an electronics company called “Crazy Eddie.”  Like many businesses during that time, it was their commercials ...

Squats and squat alternatives have always been considered to be one of the most beneficial compound movements that you can do. However, with all the benefits ...

At almost every Starting Strength Seminar, you’ll hear a variation of this question: “How do I get my wife/girlfriend/mom ...

When you think of challenging, time-effective workouts, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) staples — like squat thrusts and tuck jumps — probably ...

I stopped training in a commercial gym several years ago.  Fortunately, it was before Covid so I didn’t have to scramble to find a place to train when ...

Gaining muscle is a common fitness goal for many people. It means wanting to increase muscle mass throughout the body through a combination of good strength ...

This is a rather fundamental issue for many inexperienced trainees, especially those people who are not gifted athletes ...

Combine a front squat with a push press and what do you get? Dumbbell thrusters. Also called dumbbell squat thrusters, this exercise works your entire ...

The May 1969 edition of Muscular Development magazine was definitely one of the better issues.  The Table of Contents reads like a Who’s Who of Iron ...

Core strength is pivotal. It’s what gives you stability and works as a stable foundation for all other exercises and movements not to mention balance and ...